Laggan's Communal Shearing

Available for over a year

Sheep shearing was a communal activity in the Scottish Highlands for generations, with farming neighbours getting together to share the work every summer. The advent of professional shearers largely brought that tradition to an end, but in Laggan in Inverness-shire a few farmers continue to unite for the annual chore, and they attract helpers from far and wide. Nancy Nicolson joins the day to meet the shepherds and their enthusiastic assistants and hear how it has become a social as well as a working event. Presented and produced by Nancy Nicolson.